Chapter 51: A Letter from Far Away
After a fruitless search, Hamerin chose to leave Hengcheng and walk towards the nearby forest.
Five hundred years can change many things, especially the advent of the dragon is even more subversive.
Over the years, dragons have become more closely integrated with other creatures.
Dragonborn are no longer an accusation of mutation or deformity, and many creatures do have dragon traits at birth.
Scales, pupils, feathers, claws, antlers, and almost all dragonborns have reverse scales, and their forms are getting closer and closer to dragon legends.
At this moment, Hammerlin played the flute as he passed by a horned python with a horned head, and under the control of the flute of life, the dragonborn who tried to sneak up on him could only lie on the ground.
After a while, he came to a strange tree, surrounded by nine almost identical trees, which looked very strange.
"Hamerin, you still dare to come to see me, to see the good things you have done, you have thrown so many children to me, do you want to use me as a nanny?"
Hearing this, Hamerlin put down the flute in his hand.
Thaler walked out of the tree with a bad face, and many children were by her side.
That's right, these kids were all kidnapped from town yesterday, and the last strand of his brain was lost to Thaler.
"You don't usually have much to do anyway, so it should be easy to take care of these children."
When Thaler heard this, he immediately became angry.
"Hamerin, don't think I'm at your mercy if I can't beat you.
Hmph, if it weren't for the Flute of Life, you wouldn't be my match at all. ”
"Thaler, we've been fighting each other for nearly five hundred years, and I'm tired of it.
This time, I'm not here to stir up a dispute, on the contrary, I'm here to help you. ”
"You said you brought these kids to me to help me?"
Seeing Thaler's face full of disbelief, Hamelin nodded, and continued:
"Yes, I did come to help.
You have said before that the mission given to you by our Lord is to bring green to the world.
However, 500 years is not a short time, but have you fulfilled your mission? ”
He glanced at Thaler, who was pale, and continued:
"As it turns out, you're going in the wrong direction, and that's why you're not going to be able to complete your mission.
One person's power is always limited, so why don't you try to cultivate more helpers to help you achieve your mission. ”
"You've only seen the Golden People destroying trees, but they can also be your help, a shortcut to your mission.
Instead of using mental power to control animals with low intelligence, why not change the target. ”
After listening to Hamerin's words, Thaler's expression softened, and it was obvious that she was already moved.
Today, the world's greenery has reached a bottleneck, and no matter how hard she tries to sow seeds, it is difficult to improve again.
As long as she slacked off, the plant coverage would drop rapidly, which really tired her.
At one time, Thaler attributed this to the people of gold.
Therefore, she has always been targeting this group, and because of this, she has become more and more deeply connected with Hammerlin's beams.
If the other party's suggestion is adopted, this problem can not only be solved, but it may indeed become a breakthrough to advance the completion of the mission.
"Well, for the sake of acquaintance, I reluctantly agreed to you."
Losing people don't lose battles, pretending to be posturing, Thaler pretended to reluctantly accept those children.
After knowing each other for a long time, Hammerlin also knows a lot about this old enemy, and he does not debunk the other party's careful thoughts.
Smiled goodbye to her and left the place.
As he was leaving, Hamerin glanced at the children, their eyes full of hatred and disgust.
They finally knew who had abducted them here with the sound of a flute, far away from their parents and relatives in this strange environment, how could they not hate it.
However, Hammerlin did not regret what he had done, on the contrary, he was very calm in his heart.
He didn't choose to take these children away not only to punish the townsfolk for not talking, but he also had a deeper consideration.
He had seen many tragedies during his five hundred years of wandering, but what was most painful to him compared to fighting and vendetta was the prevalence of infanticide among the Golden People.
The reason for this is not complicated, it is nothing more than that there are too many children in the family to raise, and at the end of the social season every year, a large number of children are abandoned.
The children had all ended badly, some had drowned in the river, some had become rations for wild beasts, and he didn't want to see that again.
"If you want to hate, hate it, at least you can live here, and the parents who lost their children will cherish it, so that your younger brothers and sisters will not be abandoned."
Thinking of this, Hamerin withdrew his gaze, and he picked up the flute again and played it as he walked into the distance.
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"Aang!"
In the dense forest far north of Hengcheng, a huge sheep-shaped dragonborn spat out dragon breath and knocked down a dragon eagle hovering above its head from the sky.
At this time, a person jumped from the back of the sheep, her appearance was pure and beautiful, and she looked like a young girl who had just come of age.
However, her eyes are full of vicissitudes that are not similar to her age.
That's right, she is the aunt that Hammerlin didn't find on this trip, and she is also the former queen of Hengcheng - Shari.
The reason why I say it was once was because not long ago she took the initiative to step down and passed the throne to her heirs.
The long life made her feel lost, especially the people around her looked at her like monsters, which made her very uncomfortable.
As Alain once said, everyone is a passerby in her life, and in order to avoid parting, she did not even leave an heir, so she walked through five hundred years in loneliness.
Originally, she might have continued to walk alone like this.
However, a few years ago she received a letter, and after reading the contents, she gave birth to a child on her own, resolutely passed on the throne, and then embarked on a journey to the appointment.
At this time, Sha Li walked to Long Ying's side and kicked the corpse with her foot, and when she saw the mark on Long Ying's ankle clearly, she said with some disgust:
"Hmph, no matter how many years have passed, that guy is really as annoying as ever."
After that, she couldn't help but recall the letter she received many years ago:
"My dear niece, I don't know how you've been doing.
I heard that you succeeded Alain as Queen, and as the elder of the House of Gods, I would like to congratulate you.
But I know it's not something you're after at all.
You have a long life, whether you have a reputation or a status, these are just floating clouds.
I'm guessing you're confused, I know how it feels as a fellow human, but I've come out of it.
If you also want to get rid of the confusion, why not come and talk to me in the birthplace of the Golden People, I should be able to give you some help, Second Uncle. ”